TY  - BOOK
AU  - Freidson,Eliot
TI  - Profession of medicine: a study of the sociology of applied knowledge 
SN  - 0226262286
AV  - R690 .F74 1988
U1  - 306.461 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Social medicine
KW  - Sociology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The emergence of medicine as a consulting profession -- Political organization and professional autonomy -- The medical division of labor -- The formal characteristics of a profession -- Everyday work settings of the professional -- Patterns of practice in the hospital -- The test of autonomy : professional self-regulation -- The clinical mentality -- Profession as organization : formal and informal -- Illness as social deviance -- Sociological types of illness -- The professional construction of concepts of illness -- The lay construction of illness -- The social organization of illness -- The limits of professional knowledge -- The limits of professional autonomy -- --; Introduction --; Part I; The Formal Organization of a Profession --; 1; The Emergence of Medicine as a Consulting Profession --; 2; Political Organization and Professional Autonomy --; 3; The Medical Division of Labor --; 4; The Form Characteristics of a Profession --; Part II; The Organization of Professional Performance --; 5; Everyday Work Settings of the Professional --; 6; Patterns of Practice in the Hospital --; 7; The Test of Autonomy --; Professional Self-Regulation --; 8; The Clinical Mentality --; 9; Profession as Organization-Formal and Informal --; Part III; The Social Construction of Illness --; 10; Illness as Social Deviance --; 11; Sociological Types of Illness --; 12; The Professional Construction of Concepts of Illness --; 13; The Lay Construction of Illness --; 14; The Social Organization of Illness --; Part IV; Consulting Professions in a Free Society --; 15; The Limits of Professional Knowledge --; 16; The Limits of Professional Autonomy --; Afterword; Reprint. Originally published; New York : Harper & Row, c1970
N2  - ""Must be judged as a landmark in medical sociology."--Norman Denzin, Journal of Health and Social Behavior"Profession of Medicine is a challenging monograph; the ideas presented are stimulating and thought provoking. . . . Given the expanding domain of what illness is and the contentions of physicians about their rights as professionals, Freidson wonders aloud whether expertise is becoming a mask for privilege and power. . . . Profession of Medicine is a landmark in the sociological analysis of the professions in modern society."--Ron Miller, Sociological Quarterly"This is the first book that I know of to go to the root of the matter by laying open to view the fundamental nature of the professional claim, and the structure of professional institutions."--Everett C. Hughes, Science"--Publisher description
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